What do your kids eat?

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Hello everyone. Up until recently - mid December- my son ate very well and

had no deficiencies. He is still breastfeeding at 2 1/2, though my milk

supply has dwindled a bit recently. I'd say he gets about 3 pints a day now

compared to about a half gallon before. Within the past three weeks he has

developed white spots and ridges, vertical and slightly diagonal, on his

nails. I believe this due to a sudden lack of appetite and increased

pickiness which leads to him eating less per day than when he was one, with

about half the variety. His behavior has worsened, and he doesn't want to

walk much anymore outside. He's acting plain out weird.

He eats vegetarian, though I decided recently to allow him to eat meat if he

wants, but he has been around it (my partner eats grass fed beef and organic

free range chicken) and says it is gross. I've never referred to it as such

in front of him, and after seeing my placenta it really doesn't gross me out

anymore, so I'm thinking this is his own opinion. I have added some fish to

my diet recently, and Cod Liver Oil; thanks to ya'll good people's advice I

chose Carlson's which was very impressive with it's non fishy flavor and the

fact that it was really cold in the box. He does not want to try any of

these things. He put a flake of fish in his mouth and spit it out. He was

eating many eggs until this month, but now the good ones are MIA, and he

won't touch the Horizon eggs I tried(never again)... they are very pale to

the point where he asked why they were white when I scrambled them!

The only things he wants to eat, which I don't want him to eat, are popcorn,

quinoa, millet, soynuts, quinoa/corn pasta at my moms, and apparently she

has been giving him potato chips behind my back and " wheat " bread also. He

won't even eat fruit except for occasionally pineapples, has suddenly become

disgusted with greens, etc. In the past I would just have healthy stuff

around, and he would eat, but now, even if he knows I have nothing other

than the good stuff, he just won't eat at all!

His sleep is erratic also, which I believe is due to hunger...he never could

sleep well without eating enough. I gave in a couple times and let him eat

lentils and quinoa here, and beans/rice at my mom's, which constipated him

for two days. This is what I get for boasting his good health and great

diet, arghh!

I am worried this will lead to more serious problems. Maybe I'm just

overreacting, but every toddler I know, aside from Gaby, is sick ALL THE

TIME. Many of them have asthma, ear infections, etc. He doesn't get

sick(knock on wood). I don't want him to start.

So, sorry to run on so long, any suggestions?

Sincerely and thanks in advance,

Michele

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